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Title:

AJAX Accessibility: An ARIA Duet

Your vote:
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Organizer:
Sharron Rush, Knowbility
Description:
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIAs) are not just possible but freely obtained through open source techniques. ARIA developer Becky Gibson will demonstrate ARIA coding techniques and existing toolkits to solve real world challenges posed by accessible technology advocate Sharron Rush.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What is ARIA; is it different from WAI-ARIA?
  2. What are rich Internet applications and how do they relate to widgets?
  3. What are javascript toolkits and are they hard to use?
  4. What barriers can AJAX/javascript present for users of assistive technology?
  5. How does WAI-ARIA relate to new accessibility standards?
  6. How is WAI-ARIA implemented in browsers?
  7. How important is the assistive technology environment to effective WAI-ARIA implementation?
  8. How are accessible tools rendered if WAI-ARIA is not supported in the browser?
  9. Can you hand-code WAI-ARIA techniques or only get them in the toolkits?
  10. Where to get tech support if implementing WAI-ARIA on your own.
Panelists:
Becky Gibson (IBM), Sharron Rush (knowbility.org)
Level:
Advanced
Category:
New Technology / Next Generation
Type:
Dual
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Shawn Henry
on 8/8/08
Becky's got great demoes and insights. Nice to get hard core code from the source...
Henny Swan
on 11/8/08
This should be an excellent panel and not to be missed.
Jeanne Spellman
on 14/8/08
Sharron and Becky together? Great!! I'll be there, for sure!
Becky Gibson
on 20/8/08
Here are some the examples we are likely to demo:
* A tree view built with list items and links vs an ARIA tree that uses arrow key navigation just like the Operating System. Plus, in a screen reader the ARIA tree provides details on the current level, # of items in the level and whether the branch is expanded/collapsed.
* An Ajax update to the page that is announced by screen reader via the different ARIA live region types, polite, assertive, rude, etc.
* Rich text editor and toolbar working with a screen reader.
* Validating text box with invalid/required information spoken by screen reader and error messages spoken and displayed as popups.
* More!
David Bolter
on 3/10/08
I've worked with Becky and she has deep knowledge about ARIA, which is a critical draft standard that is being adopted by all major browsers. All professional DHTML authors should attend this!
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on 3/10/08
This looks like a really interesting panel.
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